1. to raise questions about or identify difficulties with something previously taken for granted; to make something seem questionable or problematic
Usage: academic and critical discourse; third-person singular present tense of 'problematize'

Examples

• The scholar problematizes the assumption that technology always improves human life.
• Her research problematizes traditional gender roles in literature.
• The documentary problematizes the notion of progress by examining its hidden costs.
• He problematizes the idea that economic growth automatically leads to happiness.
• The theory problematizes earlier claims about the origins of the language.
• Critics argue that the policy problematizes access to healthcare for low-income families.